The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. Part I. Birds of Prey by Sir William Jardine, Bart - 1838

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1 only of 4. 17cm. In Green cloth over one quarter white leather, gilt titles, yellow endpapers, marker ribbon. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. A part of the Naturalist's Library. Vol. 1 of the 4 volume Birds of G.B. and Ireland and vol. 9 of the Ornithology section of the Naturalist's Library. With a frontispiece portrait of Sibbald; black and white engraved half title page of gentleman and lady hunting with hawk on horseback; plain title page, 315pp; 34 hand coloured plates of the birds and their eggs, all present and correct. Many wood cuts of parts of the brids, beaks, plumage, feet, etc. "Sir William Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist's Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars. The series was divided into four main sections: Ornithology (14 volumes), Mammalia (13 volumes), Entomology (7 volumes), and Ichthyology (6 volumes); each prepared by a leading naturalist. James Duncan wrote the insect volumes. The artists responsible for the illustrations included Edward Lear. The work was published in Edinburgh by W. H. Lizars."--Wikipedia. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!